Men of different tastes have different pursuits.

Men of different tastes have different pursuits.

Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.

Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.

To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more

To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.

Vertue never growes old.

Vertue never growes old.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.